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United States Patent | 6,056,744 |
Edwards | May 2, 2000 |
A sphincter treatment apparatus includes an energy delivery device introduction member including a plurality of arms. Each arm has distal and proximal sections. The distal sections of the arms are coupled as are the proximal sections of the arms. The energy delivery device introduction member is configured to be introduced in the sphincter in a non-deployed state, expand to a deployed state to at least partially dilate the sphincter. A plurality of energy delivery devices are coupled to the energy delivery device introduction member. At least a portion of the plurality of energy delivery devices are controllably introducible from the energy delivery device introduction member into the sphincter.
Inventors: | Edwards; Stuart D. (Portola Valley, CA) |
Assignee: | Conway Stuart Medical, Inc. (Sunnyvale, CA) |
Appl. No.: | 026316 |
Filed: | February 19, 1998 |
Current U.S. Class: | 606/41; 607/101 |
Intern'l Class: | A61B 017/39 |
Field of Search: | 606/41,42,45-50 607/100,101,102,122 600/372-374 |
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